H. B. Fuller Company

FUL Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

H. B. Fuller Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended November 2025) was $3.5 billion, down 2.67% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+5.17%
EPS
+18.2%
Free cash flow
−58.4%
Total debt
−1.25%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

50.18 2.39 −4.55%
Market cap
$2.7B
P/E
13.8×
Fwd P/E
11.7×
Dividend yield
1.93%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.16
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
79/100

H. B. Fuller Company (FUL) Return on equity

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H. B. Fuller Company's return on equity over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 9.58%, up 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.93%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.97% (fiscal 2017) to 15.5% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.34% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 7.93% 0.66
FY2024 7.27% (1.34)
FY2023 8.61% (2.63)
FY2022 11.2% 0.41
FY2021 10.8% 1.33
FY2020 9.50% (1.51)
FY2019 11.0% (4.52)
FY2018 15.5% 9.56
FY2017 5.97% (7.46)
FY2016 13.4% 3.60

Against its own ten years

Low 5.97% High 15.5%
Ten-year median 9.83%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 64.4%
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 30.4%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 16.0%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 12.7%
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 12.2%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company 9.58%
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 6.98%
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 0.00%
CC The Chemours Company compare −67.5%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.34%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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